Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,696 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Alvin Childress (1907-1986)
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Danny Glover (1946- )
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Dudley Randall (1914-2000)
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Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia (1885- )

Explore Global African History

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Sharpeville Massacre
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Whitney Toyloy (1990- )
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Michele Amatore (1826?-1883)
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Oliver Law (1900-1937)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Deep Roots Across the Atlantic: Rice and Race in Africa and the Americas
Minnesota counties
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Slavery and Freedom on the Minnesota Territory Frontier: The Strange Saga of Joseph Godfrey
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Dana, Wyoming, A Black Town in the Coal Mining West
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Jazz in Occupied China: Black Jazzmen at the Japanese Prison Camp in Weihsien, China during World War II

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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